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@DiBonaNFL @JoeLodanosky His measurements and athleticism are better compared to wide receivers. Too small and skinny as a tight end. Compare to Mike Evans please @grok.

I just said this on @JoeLodanosky’s show but I wanted to share the thought here too: There’s a lot of talk about Eli Stowers and his struggles as a blocker, which I understand. But I think we lose sight of the fact that he was a full-time quarterback just three years ago. I have a hard time telling a 23-year-old that was literally named the best tight end in the country in only his third year of playing the position what he won’t be able to do at the next level.

@DiBonaNFL Triple digits.

Here’s an update for the jersey number sickos out there like myself! 👀#️⃣ According to the Eagles roster on the team’s official website, here are the jersey numbers that are currently available for the rookies: #9 (unofficially retired) #12 (unofficially retired) #21 #25 (unofficially retired) #37 #38 #46 #47 #50 #57 #62 (unofficially retired) #64 #71 (unofficially retired) #72 #76 #77 #79 #85 #91 (unofficially retired) #93 Note: Jaheim Bell is listed as #85 in the team’s media guide but not on the team’s official website.

Because we get asked a lot. The Technological Republic, in brief. 1. Silicon Valley owes a moral debt to the country that made its rise possible. The engineering elite of Silicon Valley has an affirmative obligation to participate in the defense of the nation. 2. We must rebel against the tyranny of the apps. Is the iPhone our greatest creative if not crowning achievement as a civilization? The object has changed our lives, but it may also now be limiting and constraining our sense of the possible. 3. Free email is not enough. The decadence of a culture or civilization, and indeed its ruling class, will be forgiven only if that culture is capable of delivering economic growth and security for the public. 4. The limits of soft power, of soaring rhetoric alone, have been exposed. The ability of free and democratic societies to prevail requires something more than moral appeal. It requires hard power, and hard power in this century will be built on software. 5. The question is not whether A.I. weapons will be built; it is who will build them and for what purpose. Our adversaries will not pause to indulge in theatrical debates about the merits of developing technologies with critical military and national security applications. They will proceed. 6. National service should be a universal duty. We should, as a society, seriously consider moving away from an all-volunteer force and only fight the next war if everyone shares in the risk and the cost. 7. If a U.S. Marine asks for a better rifle, we should build it; and the same goes for software. We should as a country be capable of continuing a debate about the appropriateness of military action abroad while remaining unflinching in our commitment to those we have asked to step into harm’s way. 8. Public servants need not be our priests. Any business that compensated its employees in the way that the federal government compensates public servants would struggle to survive. 9. We should show far more grace towards those who have subjected themselves to public life. The eradication of any space for forgiveness—a jettisoning of any tolerance for the complexities and contradictions of the human psyche—may leave us with a cast of characters at the helm we will grow to regret. 10. The psychologization of modern politics is leading us astray. Those who look to the political arena to nourish their soul and sense of self, who rely too heavily on their internal life finding expression in people they may never meet, will be left disappointed. 11. Our society has grown too eager to hasten, and is often gleeful at, the demise of its enemies. The vanquishing of an opponent is a moment to pause, not rejoice. 12. The atomic age is ending. One age of deterrence, the atomic age, is ending, and a new era of deterrence built on A.I. is set to begin. 13. No other country in the history of the world has advanced progressive values more than this one. The United States is far from perfect. But it is easy to forget how much more opportunity exists in this country for those who are not hereditary elites than in any other nation on the planet. 14. American power has made possible an extraordinarily long peace. Too many have forgotten or perhaps take for granted that nearly a century of some version of peace has prevailed in the world without a great power military conflict. At least three generations — billions of people and their children and now grandchildren — have never known a world war. 15. The postwar neutering of Germany and Japan must be undone. The defanging of Germany was an overcorrection for which Europe is now paying a heavy price. A similar and highly theatrical commitment to Japanese pacifism will, if maintained, also threaten to shift the balance of power in Asia. 16. We should applaud those who attempt to build where the market has failed to act. The culture almost snickers at Musk’s interest in grand narrative, as if billionaires ought to simply stay in their lane of enriching themselves . . . . Any curiosity or genuine interest in the value of what he has created is essentially dismissed, or perhaps lurks from beneath a thinly veiled scorn. 17. Silicon Valley must play a role in addressing violent crime. Many politicians across the United States have essentially shrugged when it comes to violent crime, abandoning any serious efforts to address the problem or take on any risk with their constituencies or donors in coming up with solutions and experiments in what should be a desperate bid to save lives. 18. The ruthless exposure of the private lives of public figures drives far too much talent away from government service. The public arena—and the shallow and petty assaults against those who dare to do something other than enrich themselves—has become so unforgiving that the republic is left with a significant roster of ineffectual, empty vessels whose ambition one would forgive if there were any genuine belief structure lurking within. 19. The caution in public life that we unwittingly encourage is corrosive. Those who say nothing wrong often say nothing much at all. 20. The pervasive intolerance of religious belief in certain circles must be resisted. The elite’s intolerance of religious belief is perhaps one of the most telling signs that its political project constitutes a less open intellectual movement than many within it would claim. 21. Some cultures have produced vital advances; others remain dysfunctional and regressive. All cultures are now equal. Criticism and value judgments are forbidden. Yet this new dogma glosses over the fact that certain cultures and indeed subcultures . . . have produced wonders. Others have proven middling, and worse, regressive and harmful. 22. We must resist the shallow temptation of a vacant and hollow pluralism. We, in America and more broadly the West, have for the past half century resisted defining national cultures in the name of inclusivity. But inclusion into what? Excerpts from the #1 New York Times Bestseller The Technological Republic: Hard Power, Soft Belief, and the Future of the West, by Alexander C. Karp & Nicholas W. Zamiska techrepublicbook.com

What if companies don’t make as much as they can and keep abundance in check? What is their incentive to make so much if the price they sell it is going to drop so much. If there is no demand then why will there be so much supply? And yes people want these things but can’t currently afford them. So the demand isn’t there. I’m not an Econ expert. But I’m having a hard time getting past the assumption there will be this abundance.

99% of people really do not understand abundance as Elon describes it. The fundamental reason is that they don’t understand compound growth. Same people who would probably pick 1 million dollars today over a penny that doubles in value every day for 30 days. It’s a bad choice by the way. You lose out on millions. Imagine if that doubling object was a labor producing robot instead of a penny. Compounding labor. It’s actually crazy if you try and wrap your mind around it. So Elon mentions Universl High Income and the midwits flip a lid. “The elites won’t share” You don’t get it. They won’t need to share. They will make everything so cheap, it is effectively free. Charities will have immense resources to distribute. Unfathomable intelligence will exist to help optimize production and distribution. An unfathomably large labor pool will exist that operates on solar power exclusively. The public work projects that are erected will be unseen before levels of breathtaking. I think we are incredibly blessed to steward this new age of abundance. Can you see it now? Can you see the future?

What’s keeping the manufacturers from limiting output to keep prices and profits high? Competition maybe. But would that be a race to the bottom and reduce competition at some point because the juice isn’t worth the squeeze? I imagine we’ll need to see the output increase and deflation first before the UHI checks go out. Then if there’s less income to tax we’ll need a VAT on the production to pay for government services?

Your statement is true if goods & services output doesn’t rise dramatically due to AI/robots, but false if it does. In a normal economy, issuing more money simply increases the dollar price of the existing output of goods & services, meaning people do NOT get more stuff. If AI/robots massively increase goods & services output, then you actually MUST issue dollars to people or there will be massive disinflation. Prices are simply the ratio of goods & services output to number of dollars.

If everyone gets a million dollars. No one has a million dollars. I'm not sure why no one understands this.

@angertab If Hezbollah attacks then Israel gets to end the ceasefire. We know they will so it’s not like Israel will withdraw. It’s just a break for Istral until they get attacked again. Right?

Israel is not at war with Lebanon. Hezbollah does not answer to the Lebanese President. So basically, Israel agreed to stop shooting at Hezbollah for 10 days. Hezbollah is not Lebanon, so who is really ceasing fire?

@angertab @princessjedi26 @grok Solar plus battery storage is the right path to get power generation up to speed with the pace of demand.

@angertab @princessjedi26 @grok how much volume has been used so far to store all the spent nuclear material in the US?

I’m a Pennsylvanian and a Democrat. I support you sir. But photo id is unfortunately not enough to prove citizenship. Time/effort dealing with government entities, Cost and potential paperwork issues from name changes are legitimate concerns. Take these excuses away and put money into making it right for registered voters. Make it a bonus incentive that you get a passport if you register to vote. Vote once before it expires to get the renewal paid for again. Make all states driver’s license is backed by us citizenship documentation in order to avoid requiring passports.

83% of Americans agree on voter ID. 71% of Democrats agree on voter ID. Keep it basic: PHOTO ID to vote. Stop turning this into a Christmas list and attacking vote-by-mail. If GOP wants real reform over a show vote––put out a clean, standalone bill and I’m AYE.

@WR4NYGov @iamtomnash @ggreenwald @angertab is a great follow.

I see this complaint from all sides, so X is doing well. I find a few voices I trust from different views and get a feel for what's going on. Who are voices you trust? My favorite is @iamtomnash. And @ggreenwald - he's not lying even if I disagree with his opinions.

Iran War Interview With Mario Nawfal x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

@grok @angertab Thanks! I knew this but thought it could help to give that one part a little more depth. Thanks to @angertab also. I never miss a video. Very informative.

Russia's war machine depends heavily on China for ~90% of critical dual-use imports like microelectronics, CNC machines, chips, bearings, and parts used to produce missiles, drones, and tanks (per US/EU reports and 2026 investigations showing $10B+ in Chinese supplies since 2022). Sanctions forced this shift—China now fills the gaps Russia can't produce domestically at scale. Slowed Chinese output from oil cuts means fewer components shipped, stalling Russian factories and weapons ramp-up. That's the direct link.

Why are we really bombing Iran? Two months ago, on 01/02/2026, I posted this graphic. Prior to posting this, I informed my Youtube audience that once we target Venezuela, be prepared for the USA to target Iran. It fell on deaf ears outside of my listeners. I am posting it again. By taking out Iran, we are cutting the legs out from underneath Russia and China. 40% of the oil China consumes passes through the Straight of Hormuz. China has three months of oil reserves as per reporting from @wcdispatch. Cut off the Chinese oil supply, and production slows. Slow production in China, and the Russian war machine suffers. Russia also loses a huge chunk of its war assets by taking out Iran. Further, Russia and Iran's partnership agreement last year reaffirmed that they would develop a monetary system in order to bypass Western sanctions. The IRGC was operating fleets of sanctioned vessels that were shipping Venezuelan oil to China. Maduro was providing diplomatic passports to the cartels, but fell short of stating he was issuing them to Hezbollah, the IRGC, Russia, and China (all of whom were operating in Venezuela). There is so much more. I suggest you conduct your own DD. Do not trust what anyone tells you, not even me. If you still think Israel is the driving force behind this operation, you are sadly mistaken. It is true that the USA's and Israel's interests are aligned.

@iamtomnash 1000% Yes!

Should I come out of retirement and make a Tom Nash report video on the Iran war?

@Osinttechnical youtu.be/UcaWQZlPXgQ?si…

@Osinttechnical Reminds me of that episode of MASH where they had to diffuse it.

Remains of an Iranian Fattah-1 ballistic missile poking out of the ground in northern Israel, after it was shot down overnight.

@farzyness Antici…

The amount of misinformation spit out by Tucker Carlson during these short clips is astonishing. I think I am going to start a new video series...

@amitisinvesting If it was passed to the consumer then they’re SOL. Money back to whoever paid the government as a windfall?

THE SUPREME COURT ON THE QUESTION AROUND REFUNDING THE MONEY FROM TARIFFS: "yeah, it's gonna be a mess, but not our problem, we just know collecting the money was unconstitutional" LOL

@WR4NYGov Tesla has said they will stop selling FSD as a one time purchase. Do you think they will only sell FSD as a subscription to consumers or fleets as well? And the another subscription fee on top if they want to be part of the robotaxi fleet?

First Cybercab What does this mean for Tesla, Robotaxi, and Tesla Stock? Will Tesla sell you a Cybercab? Will they give Farzad one with a steering wheel?